Tiffany is employed at Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, MA, as a respiratory therapist, an occupation she has performed now for almost ten years. When the lab coat comes off, she enjoys skiing in the winter and time spent in her gardens during the summer. Of course, she also loves being a mother as well and has the good fortune to stay home most of the week caring for Jakob.

Jeff spends his weekdays working an a mechanical engineer for Raytheon in Tewksbury, MA; in his current position, he works as his department’s lead on a major program and also develops bid proposals for up-and-coming programs. Outside of work, he enjoys sailing, snowboarding, and making his lawn the envy of the neighborhood. As a devout Red Sox fan, his first choice of television programming is a daily dose of baseball between April and October; otherwise, it’s a choice between all 20 James Bond flicks in his DVD collection.

Jakob was born in April 2003; for those that are curious, we chose the name Jakob because (a) we liked the name and (b) we also liked the nickname Jake. His middle name, Champion, is Jeff’s maternal grandmother’s maiden name and had nothing to do with Jeff’s unhealthy love of the Red Sox. He already enjoys watching Red Sox baseball with his parents as well as his Baby Einstein video collection, but he also likes to spend time at the local playground on the swings or going to the beach and playing in the sand and the water. He also loves to play with his Thomas the Tank Engine trains and his Bob the Builder toys.

Lea arrived a week early in September of 2005. Lea (pronounced LEE-uh) was named in honor of Jeff’s paternal grandmother whose name was Leonore; her middle name, Katherine, was taken from Tiffany’s paternal grandmother of the same name. Having mastered the art of walking as well as climbing, she has made it necessary for us to lay all the chairs in the dining room on their sides so that we don’t find her standing atop the table beating her chest and yelling like Tarzan. She also loves her stuffed animals, especially her Elmo doll, and playing with her doll house.